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• echar una carta (al correo) — to post a letter

es un caballero a carta cabal — a true o real gentleman

carta de despido — letter of dismissal, pink slip (EEUU) *

carta de recomendación — [para un trabajo] letter of recommendation; [como presentación] letter of introduction

carta postal — LAm postcard

carta de ciudadanía — naturalization papers pl

carta de hidalguía — letters patent of nobility pl

carta de naturaleza — naturalization papers pl

carta de pedido — (Com) order

carta ejecutoria — letters patent of nobility pl

carta verde — (Aut) green card, certificate of insurance (EEUU)

Carta Magna — (=constitución) constitution; Brit ( Hist) Magna Carta

• echar las cartas a algn — to tell sb's fortune ( with cards)

• jugar a las cartas — to play cards

• a la carta — à la carte

echar una carta al correo — to mail (esp AmE) o (esp BrE) post a letter

a carta cabal: es honrado a carta cabal he's completely honest; un caballero a carta cabal a perfect o real gentleman; echarle las cartas a alguien to tell somebody's fortune; jugar bien las cartas to play one's cards right; jugárselo todo a una carta to risk everything on one throw; no saber a qué carta quedarse: no sé a qué carta quedarme I don't know what to think; poner las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table; tomar cartas en el asunto — to intervene

echar una carta al correo — to mail (esp AmE) o (esp BrE) post a letter

a carta cabal: es honrado a carta cabal he's completely honest; un caballero a carta cabal a perfect o real gentleman; echarle las cartas a alguien to tell somebody's fortune; jugar bien las cartas to play one's cards right; jugárselo todo a una carta to risk everything on one throw; no saber a qué carta quedarse: no sé a qué carta quedarme I don't know what to think; poner las cartas boca arriba or sobre la mesa to put o lay one's cards on the table; tomar cartas en el asunto — to intervene

Ex: Add to the designation, when appropriate, the number and the name(s) of the component pieces of the object; e.g., 1 game (1 board), 50 cards, 2 dice.

un vestido verde claro — a light o pale green dress

... aseguró, en clara referencia a sus superiores —... he asserted, clearly referring o in an obvious reference to his superiors

• dejar algo claro — to make sth clear

dejar las cosas claras o en claro — to get things clear, get things straight *

• estar claro — to be clear

está claro que así no vamos a ninguna parte — it's clear o obvious that we'll get nowhere like this

• quedar claro — to be clear

si te lees la bibliografía, te quedará todo más claro — if you read the books on the reading list, it'll all be clearer to you o you'll have a better idea of things

• tener algo claro — to be sure of sth, be clear about sth

ni siquiera tengo claro lo que me espera mañana — I'm not even sure o clear what's in store for me tomorrow

su triunfo deja bien a las claras el buen momento que atraviesa — his victory is a clear indication o sign that he is on excellent form

me gustan las cuentas claras — I like to have o keep things clear

llevarlo Esp o tenerlo claro iró —

solo hemos sacado en claro que no pretende dimitir — all that we can safely o definitely say is that he has no intention of resigning

una mente clara — (lit) a clear mind; (fig) a clear thinker

• hablar claro — to speak frankly, be frank

• claro que, claro que nadie se imaginaba lo que vendría después — of course nobody could imagine what would happen afterwards

habrá nubes y claros — it will be cloudy with bright spells o sunny intervals

quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...

a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something

está claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...

voy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush

me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)

díselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)

quiero dejar (en) claro que... — I want to make it very o quite clear that...

a las claras: díselo a las claras tell her straight; llevarlo claro (Esp fam) to be in for a shock; sacar algo en claro de algo — to make sense of something

está claro que... — it is clear o obvious that...

voy a hablarte claro — I'm not going to beat around o about the bush

me lo dijo muy claro — he made it very o quite clear (to me)

díselo - claro, para que me regañe ¿no? — (iró) tell him - oh sure, and have him tell me off, right? (iro)

Ex: Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.

Ex: The time period between the completion of a cycle (e.g. at the end of a volume or a year) and the publication of the associated cumulative indexes should be as short as possible.

imponer sanciones comerciales a un país — to impose trade sanctions against o on a country

no quiero imponerte nada, solo darte un buen consejo — I don't want to force you to do anything o I don't want to impose anything on you, just to give you some good advice

• imponer la moda — to set the trend

• imponer respeto — to command respect

• imponer el ritmo — to set the pace

han impuesto nuevas tasas sobre los servicios básicos — they have put o levied new taxes on essential services

imponer a alguien de or en algo — to inform somebody of o about something

imponerse a alguien/algo — to defeat o beat somebody/something

imponer a alguien de or en algo — to inform somebody of o about something

imponerse a alguien/algo — to defeat o beat somebody/something

Ex: Yet the speed of action, the intricacy of trails, the detail of mental pictures, is awe-inspiring beyond all else in nature.